Startup: A Silicon Valley AdventureKaplan, a well-known figure in the computer industry, founded GO Corporation in 1987, and for several years it was one of the hottest new ventures in the Valley. Startup tells the story of Kaplan's wild ride: how he assembled a brilliant but fractious team of engineers, software designers, and investors; pioneered the emerging market for hand-held computers operated with a pen instead of a keyboard; and careened from crisis to crisis without ever losing his passion for a revolutionary idea. Along the way, Kaplan vividly recreates his encounters with eccentric employees, risk-addicted venture capitalists, and industry giants such as Bill Gates, John Sculley, and Mitchell Kapor. And no one - including Kaplan himself - is spared his sharp wit and observant eye. |
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... Hobbit's design and to produce a delivery schedule and price list . Finding AT & T's response unsatis- factory , he canceled the Hobbit project and switched over to the ARM , to the horror of Bell Labs engineers and even some of his own ...
... Hobbit's design and to produce a delivery schedule and price list . Finding AT & T's response unsatis- factory , he canceled the Hobbit project and switched over to the ARM , to the horror of Bell Labs engineers and even some of his own ...
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... Hobbit chip . The ARM chip has the broadest reach . We could join forces with Active Book in England - who is just about ready to release their ARM - based pen com- puter in Europe and has approached KP for money — and Mat- sushita in ...
... Hobbit chip . The ARM chip has the broadest reach . We could join forces with Active Book in England - who is just about ready to release their ARM - based pen com- puter in Europe and has approached KP for money — and Mat- sushita in ...
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... Hobbit product line en- tirely , and so he recommended closing down EO entirely . As recently as a few weeks before Ledbetter delivered this news , AT & T executives were still pitching rights to the Hobbit to the Taiwanese , as an ...
... Hobbit product line en- tirely , and so he recommended closing down EO entirely . As recently as a few weeks before Ledbetter delivered this news , AT & T executives were still pitching rights to the Hobbit to the Taiwanese , as an ...
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